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Order of Proceedings 



(ADOPTED BY THE CONGRESSIONAL COMMISSION) 



DEDI DATI DI^ 



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FEBRUARY 21, 1885. 



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TiiK Ckrp:monik.s at the hasp, of the Monlment will commenlk I'KKciselv a: 

Eleven o'clock. 



I. Hon. John Shernian, a Senator from Ohio, Chairman of the Commission aulhn 
ized by the Joint Resolution of May 13, 1884, nill preside. 



2. MUSIC. 



3. PRAYER by the Rev. Mr. SuTER, of Christ Church, Alexandria, Va, 



4. REMARKS by W. W. Corcoran, Esq., the First Vice-President of the Wa-shingtin 

National Monument Society. 

5. REMARKS by Colonel T. L. Casey, the Engineer of the Joint Commission, clelivtr 

ing the Monument to the President of the United .States. 



6. l)Et>*CAT10N OF THE MONUMENT by the President of the United States 
to the Memory of George Washington. 



7. MUSIC. 



[The procession will forthwith be formed, and will move to the Capitol by the fol 
lowing route: through the President's square to Seventeenth street, up Seven 
teenth street to Pennsylvdhia avenue, thence along Pennsylvania avenue to the 
Capitol, where it will be reviewed by the President of the United States from 
a stand at the east front.] 



S. .\FTER THE REVIEW THE PROCESSION WILL BE DISMISSED. 



W Itcn the profession begins to move salutes of due hundred guns luill be fired at the A'iny 
yard, the Artillery headquarters, and -Fort Myer. 



PlJOCEEDnrZGS 



H^LL OF^ THE HOUSE. 



Prayer will be oflered by ihc Rev. S. A. Waiiis of Pohick Church, 
Alexandria county. Virginia. 

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Orair^n by^Hon. kouiki C W'intiikoh, oi Massaciiusetts, read by 
.Hon. T<'MX D. I.oxc, a R^presentatfve from Massachusetts. 



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•• ' Pn^^^itsrr Spangled Banner.' 



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()kmiiiN 1i\ Ibiii. bins W . Dwiil.. of \ ifLimij. 



f~yi^ I'KN'KniLTroN will then be pronounced by the Rev. John S. I.inusav, 
Chafil.iin iif llie House of Representative";. 



Music. 
•• ■I>j-HTr<+rWlTtnranrr!?hrrr' 

I Uirini; whirh the assemblage will ilisperse. 



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\\ Tin 

CAPITOL. 



The Capitol will be closed on the morninj; of the i\s\ to all except 
(he members and officers of Congress. 

At eleven o'clock the east door leading to the RDtumla will be 
opened to those to whom invitations have been extendeil under the joint 
resolution of Congress, and to those holding tickets of ndrnission to the 
floor of the House and its galleries. i 

The floor of the House of Representatives will Ix- opened for tin- /^^-y^-^-M^ 
admission of Senators and Representatives, and to those w hn h.iv^' invita- ^ / 

tions, who will be conducted to the seats assigned to theni^ a. i fo l low. . ; 

'Hie President, the President-elect, the Vice- President-elect, and 
ex-Presidents of the I'nited States anil special guests will be seateil in 
front of the Speaker. 

The Chief Justice and Associate Justices of tl>e Supreme Court 
will occupy seats next to the President .-vnd ev Presidents and special 
guests, on Ihe riglw of tiic Speaker. 

The Cabinet oflicers. the Lieutenant-dciieral of the Army ami 
Admiral of the Navy, and the officers of the .\rmy and Nax y who, by 
name, have received the thanks nf Congress, will occupy yeats on the 
left of the Speaker. 

The Chief Justice and Judges of the Court ol Claim> and liie Chief 
Justice and .Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the District of 
Columbia will occupy seats directly in rear of the Supreme Court. 

riie I>!plo:TJitic C)rpi will o:;;:upy tli.' front r.iv of seats. 

fvx- Vice- Presidents, Senators, and ex-Senators will occupy seals on 
the second, third, fourth, and fifth rows, on east side of main aisle. 

Representatives will occupy seats on west sid,- of main aisle ami in 
rear of the Senators on east side. 

Cf)m!nissioners of the District, (Governors of States and Territorie-.. 
general rifticers of the Societv of the Cincinnati, the Washington N'ation.al 



MiMiuuK III --M. id). iiK-nibers ainl c\ tucinLcrs ol'tlie Joint (J^Jlllllll^^l.Jll i.ir 
the conijiletion of the Monument, Engineers of Monument and detail of 
workmen, and invited guests will occupy seats in rear of Representatives. 
The Executive Gallerv will be reserved exclusively for the families 
of the Sujiremc ("ourt and the families of the Cabinet and the invited 
guests of the President. Tiikcts iluictn will lie dolivereil U) tin- Private 
Sccrelary of the President. 

liie Diplomatic Gallery will be reserved exclusively for the families 
iif the members of the Diplomatic Corps. Tickets thereto will be de- 
livered to the Secretary of State. 

The Reporter^' Callery will be reserved exclusively for the use of the 
rcjiiirtcrs for the Press. Tii'kets thereto will be delivered to the Press 
Committee. 

The Oftiiial Kepnrters of ihe Senate and of the Ilou>e will oicupv 
ihe Keporter:>* de^k in front of the Clerk"s table. 

The .Marine Hand will iie in atlemUuKe. 

rpon the arrival of the Procession at the Capitol, and immediately 
after passing the reviewing slaml. the Members of the Senate will pro- 
ceed to the Senate Chamber: the .Members of the House to the Hall of 
the House: the Judi<-iary to the Supreme Court Room. 

rin- Diplrimatir Cotps will jiroceed to the Senaifrrs' Withdrawing; 
Room: the President. e\- Presidents, the Cabinet, the Pre>iilent-eleri, the 
X'ice- President- elect to the Presitlent's Room. / ^__.^^ 

The House beinj^ in session, and notification tfi that ettec t l n-i ii :; — f 

i;i\rn to the S<-nate. the Senate in a body, precefled b\ the Presitlent. ex- 
Presidents, the Cabinet, the President-elect, the \'ice- President-elect, the 
judiciary, and Diplomatic Corps, will be cor.ducted to the Hall ot the 
House of Representrttives. 

The President ol the Senate will oc< upv the .Speaker's chair and will 
preside. 

I he .Speaker of the House will m c upv a se.it at the left of the Pres- 
iilerit ol the .Senate. 

The other orticers of the Senate and of the House will o< iup\ seats 
on the floor at the right and the left of the Speaker. 

The .-Xnhitei t ol the ("apitol. the Sergeanl-at-Arnis of the Senate, 
the Sergeant at-.\ims and the Doork<'cper < filie Hou«e arc i h.irircd with 
the e\eculion ol these .-irangements. 



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:I.ikutenant-Genkral P. H. SHERIDAN, Marshal of thi-: I)\v, 

tvith rt Chi f/ of Sttiff^ and an Aid from ex'try State and Territory. 



'JSfia S>lliCi tazu S^co^t. 

•CoXslSTINC i>K IHK RK(;ll.AR Fl)KCt:-S OK THK ARMV AMI N'AVY. 

CiiARTiiRF.D Military Organizations, 

■\taJii»£ fncttieiut hy tke HtUfS «/ Ikeir cAar/ers.] 
■f)rMER MlI.lTARV OKCAMZATIOXS. 

Congressional Commission. 

The Washington National Monument Society. 

Mimi;kks and ex-members of the Joint Commission for the Comi-letion 
OF the Monument. 

1'hf. Kni;ineer of the Monument, his assistants, and detail ok workmen. 

JiiK 1'rf.sident of the United States, and the Orator of the Dav. 

Members of the Cabinet. 

I'RF.SII)ENT AND ViCE-TRESIDENT ELECT OF THE UNITED STATES. 

ex-1'residents of the united states. 

judclis of the supreme court and other federal courts. 

The Diplomatic Corps. 

Governors of .Stated, and their respective Staffs, 

\taking precedeiut in the order o/ admission of their States into tke Union.\ 

The Senate, 

AND House of Representatives. 

The Commissioners of the District of Columuia. 

Officers of the Army and Navy. 

The Society of the Cincinnati. 

The Masonic Fraternity, 

tt'ilh other organizalions Vf&ick have made contributions /or tke ereetioet »/ the Monument. 

Citizens of States and Territories, 

.rfw./ eivie orgmnizaJioMS ttithout partisan Jtags or emblems^ each State and Territory 
taking precedence in the order of its euiinission into the Union, 

The Fire Department of the District of Columbia, and 
Visiting Firemen, 



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